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Sarah Dorpinghaus is the Director for Digital Strategies and Technology at the University of Kentucky Libraries, where she provides leadership for application and website development, library service platforms, computing infrastructure and systems, and digital scholarship and data. She also develops and oversees long-term strategies for digital preservation. Dorpinghaus is a co-creator and co-organizer of the History Allies: Helping Protect Your Past workshops, a basic archives workshop for non-profit, religious, civic, genealogical, and other community-based organizations. Her recent publications and presentations focus on digital preservation and curation workflows, the impact of minimal description on digital collections; and archives and IT relationships. Dorpinghaus received her MLIS from the University of Iowa and has held technology and archivist positions at the University of Kentucky, College of Charleston, and Chicago History Museum.
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Library Science, University Of Iowa
2009
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Unboxing the Archive: A Pilot for Ready Access Digital Collections-OVPR CURATE PROGRAM
Dorpinghaus, S. (PI), Boyd, D. (PI) & McDonnell, A. (PI)
University of Kentucky’s Office of the Vice President for Research
5/1/26 → 4/30/27
Project: Other project
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Sisyphus and the Digital Library: Keep Rolling that Boulder up the Hill (careful, it’s heavy)- OVPR Curate Program
Mummey, M. (PI), Bryan, R. (PI) & Dorpinghaus, S. (PI)
University of Kentucky’s Office of the Vice President for Research
5/1/25 → 4/30/26
Project: Other project
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Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program
Terry, K. L. (PI), Dorpinghaus, S. (CoI), Engle, K. (CoI), Jones, R. (CoI), Scaggs, D. (CoI) & Seago, C. (CoI)
National Endowment for the Humanities
9/1/23 → 4/2/25
Project: Research project
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Wildcat Histories: Preserving Activist UK Student Organization's Legacies
Leigh, T. (PI) & Dorpinghaus, S. (CoI)
Atlanta University Center Robert W Woodruff Library
9/1/22 → 11/30/23
Project: Research project
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Sisyphus and the Digital Library: Keep Rolling that Boulder up the Hill (careful, it's heavy)
Bryan, R. E., Dorpinghaus, S. & Mummey, M. M., Jun 11 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Will our future selves thank us? An examination of born-digital curation practices at the University of Kentucky Libraries
Bryan, R. E., Dorpinghaus, S., Mummey, M. M., Collier, E. B. & McDonnell, A., Apr 9 2024Research output: Other contribution
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Will Our Future Selves Thank Us? An Examination of Born-digital Curation Practices at the University of Kentucky Libraries
Dorpinghaus, S., Bryan, R. E., Mummey, M. M. & Collier, E. B., Nov 1 2023Research output: Other contribution
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Will our future selves thank us? An examination of born-digital curation practices at UKL
Mummey, M. M., Dorpinghaus, S., Bryan, R. & Collier, E., Jun 14 2023Research output: Other contribution
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Collecting Kentucky Jewish History: Covenant and Collaboration
Glogower, A., Dorpinghaus, S. & Fox, H., Jul 2020, In: Journal of Jewish Identities. 13, 2, p. 233-251 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review